Plans Fail in the East

1
Plans Fail in the East

• (Russian Side)

2
Russian Move Fast

• Russian took only 10 days to get 4 armies
  marching
• 2 on Germany
• 2 on Austria
• Aug. 19 Russia smashes into Germany, and wins
  early battles.

3
Short Lived Success

• Masurian Lakes cut off 2 Russian armies
• August 25th fighting began near the town of
  Tannenberg.
• 5 days of terrible slaughter.
• 125,000 Russians dead and 13,000 Germans.

4
Germans not finished yet

• Now, after victory the Germans rush north and
  join up with reinforcements from France to kill
  another 100,000 Russians at the battle of
  Masurian Lakes.
• ¼ of a million Russian dead in 1 month.

5
Victory for Russian

• Austria followed Plan R and conquered massive
  land in Russia.
• But within a week run into 5 Russian armies that
  stopped them in their tracks.
• The Austrian retreated 200km, leaving weapons
  behind.

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Austria losing to Serbs?

• Austria was also losing to Serbia in the South.
• Russia was now in a good position to attack
  Germany from the south.